@phabulosa: "Hi! All,
I am a linux beginner. I just installed gentoo 1.4
I learned much more about linux than installing Mandrake though it is 
really a pain.
I am using Enlightenment as my WindowManager. I would like to use E-File 
Manager, too.
However, the package evidence and its required lib ecore are both masked.
Can someone give me detailed directions to "unmask" these two packages 
SAFELY.
Thanks a lot!
Happy Holloween,
Ning"
    @surtinEMEVOMER: "<quote>
It's worth it most of the time, least you'll learn sumthin' and have fun along
the way. :)
So I'm guessing the two masked packages are in the x86 branch? You can do two
things. 
First being, open /etc/make.conf and put "~x86" after ACCEPT_KEYWORDS,
and all the unstable crap you'll need will be unmasked. Second, and probably
easiest would be to make package.unmask in /etc/portage and put the package
names you need unmasked in there. Quick way to do this would be:
mkdir /etc/portage (if it isn't already there)
touch /etc/package.unmask (creates the file)
echo "<package you need unmasked here>" > /etc/portage/package.unmask
(You can also use your favorite editor to edit /etc/portage/package.unmask and
put whatever you need unmasked in there.)
I'm hopin' that's detailed enough for you... if not, ask whatever else you
need and someone (if not me) will definitely try and help you.
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    @spam: "On 2003-11-01, gazing longingly at the horizon,
surtin <email_address>
felt a deep, passionate desire to let the following be known:
<quote>
[..]
Take note that this will do some very interesting things to your
system next time you execute a 'emerge -u world' tho. If it's just a
couple of masked packages you want, you can emerge them like so:
# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS='~x86' emerge <package list>
(Might want to try it with the -p option first..)
This way, if the package or a later version thereof becomes unmasked,
you won't have any artefacts sticking around in the form of mask or
unmask files.
As usual, there's more than one way to skin a cat.. pick whatever
solution you feel most comfortable with. :)
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    @phabulosa: "Thank you very much in advance.
I will try.
On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:01:38 -0600, surtin 
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